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Ben Smith 1906 - 1955

Ben Smith was born on June 12, 1906, and died at age 48 years old in April 1955. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ben Smith.
Ben Smith
June 12, 1906
April 1955
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  • 06/12
    1906

    Birthday

    June 12, 1906
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  • 04/dd
    1955

    Death

    April 1955
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    Ben Smith lived 24 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 48.
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In 1906, in the year that Ben Smith was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1920, when he was merely 14 years old, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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